Coconut skins & other music

I'm not entirely certain what he's talking about, but thanks to muxtape, I can't stop listening to Damien Rice's Coconut skins.

And a live cover of Into the Mystic by Swell Season. Get me off traditional and I go right to the current stuff.

For some reason Toots & the Maytals works for the weather right now. And the Jam.

Wish I could get into Bon Iver, everyone who I usually align with musically digs this guy. I'll download some from emusic and see if it can sink in.

lonesome music keeps turning me onto new (to me) musicians. Come with Me by Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl (Kirsty's brother, Ewan's son) really gets to me. And it's not even the kind of sounds I usually like. It's just too sweet, I can't help it.

I think I need to do something about this blog-like site of mine; it's too boring.

links for 2008-05-11

• Writer Nuala O’Faolain dies
  Sad to hear this. Glad to see Sinead's link to the radio interview. I'll have to give it a listen.
  (tags: writers)
• 'Just call me Nell'
  Nell McCafferty sounds brilliant. And this quote made me smiile, "her life is a response to that old Irish way of doing things: 'Whatever you say, say nothing."''
  (tags: writers ireland)

links for 2008-05-08

• Glenn O'Brien's Weekend Home
  So weird when one of your favorite writers from the age of 14 (Spin) appears on the design blog you read.
  (tags: writers)

links for 2008-05-01

• Sports final: Legendary Lobel signs off
  I knew (and am glad) Dan Shaughnessy would write something like this.
  (tags: sports boston)